Originally Posted by
ToiletDuck
Flight time logged, that you didn't pay for, is considered compensatory. They say the FAA does not handle it on a case by case basis. So this broad/general statement is all we're getting. All the things I listed would be considered illegal by this. I worked all through college to pay my rent/tuition but my parents did pay for my flight training. According to this that was illegal. BS.
Again, I agree in principle. What about the guy who gets a scholarship or grant to pay for flight training? Is he then flying for compensation (the free flight time) while working on his private certificate? The fact is the FAA regularly overlooks the family connection and who pays for a person's
training. Thats just a fact. You can be annoyed by it, you can think its BS and you can argue that if they are going to take broad view of compensation or hire that they should uphold it. They don't. And there is considerable case law and precedent to uphold it.
Now, when it comes to flying an aircraft in any sort of business arrangement (like when you are working as a CFI, charter pilot, pipeline patrol, traffic watch, etc) the FAA
now cares about who paid for it and who is getting compensation.